I'm doing a bobber conversion in several stages for financial reasons. Eventually, I am going to end up with the BCB bobber seat kit. I need to replace dry rotted tires...not normally an issue, but I am fitting tires that won't work with the stock fenders, so for a short while I need to run the stock seat until I have $$ for the BCB kit.

I've seen pics of stock seats mounted to bobbers, just wanted to get a better idea of how to fab up a basic bracket to mount it to the bike without the stock rear fender as support.

I haven't taken the rear fender off yet, but it looks like it would be possible to remove the bracket from the seat, flip it the opposite direction then mount it to a bar/angle iron of some kind bridging the gap in the frame.

I used velcro on my 85 seat before I chopped it, and since it wasn't registered/insured I was offroading it for the most part before I chopped it (including one decent jump with a fair bit of air time). Let's just say the velcro held up better than the top motor mount did in those riding conditions.

Having restored the bodywork after I had the frame work knocked out, the upper motor mount was replaced.

I used velcro on my 85 seat before I chopped it, and since it wasn't registered/insured I was offroading it for the most part before I chopped it (including one decent jump with a fair bit of air time). Let's just say the velcro held up better than the top motor mount did in those riding conditions.

That’s good enough for me. Did you do all 3 contact patches with the frame or just the rear cross bar?

I honestly don't recall how many contact points I used for the velcro, it was over a decade ago.

"Ride Safe, Chop Safer" Motorcycles are not unsafe. However; they are extremely unforgiving of inattention, incompetence, ignorance, and stupidity.Dismantling, sawzalling, and rattle canning does not make a bobber.
Those are STEPS toward customizing, not customizing unto itself.http://shadow-shack.20m.com

Just dont let 'temporary' turn into LONGER than planned. It would be easy to have a piece of steel welded in where you want it- but I suggest you FIND the piece you want and cut it how it needs to be- THEN take it by a shop that will weld it on.

Wow, that looks almost like what I want to do with my Rebel. The front end anyway. If you don't mind, would you please tell me where you got the forks and handlebars? And I'm guessing new cables will be needed as well. That would really look nice and fit me so much better.

Just dont let 'temporary' turn into LONGER than planned. It would be easy to have a piece of steel welded in where you want it- but I suggest you FIND the piece you want and cut it how it needs to be- THEN take it by a shop that will weld it on.